From what I saw during that game Luka can play good D when he wants to. I think his offensive load is still so large that he just doesn't have the energy to play hard defense for a full game. You can see his conditioning has definitely improved from last year. I think over the course of this season, with Kyrie helping on offense and Lively anchoring the defense, that Luka's defensive stats will be much improved over last season
From what I saw during that game Luka can play good D when he wants to. I think his offensive load is still so large that he just doesn't have the energy to play hard defense for a full game. You can see his conditioning has definitely improved from last year. I think over the course of this season, with Kyrie helping on offense and Lively anchoring the defense, that Luka's defensive stats will be much improved over last season